Announcements

Exadata Database Service for Developers allows customers using Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer to develop for no addition cost, as the license fee is waived and the infrastructure costs are already covered under their subscription.

17 hours ago
OCI Compute shapes now include VM.Standard.E6.Flex for BYOL deployments of Oracle Database. The E6 shape scales up to 126 OCPUs and 1454 GB of memory.

39 hours ago
Autonomous Database on Dedicated Infrastructure for AWS now in Limited Availability (LA)

2 days ago
Siebel CRM supported with Oracle Database 23ai (including Oracle Autonomous Database)

2 weeks ago
ATP-D and ATP-C@C now supported with Oracle Enterprise Performance Management 11.2.21 and higher

4 weeks ago
Siebel Enterprise Server 25.2 and above supported with Oracle Database 23ai. See My Oracle Support Certifications for Siebel Enterprise Server. In the results, select a Database version to drill down to release notes for version requirements and any limitations.

4 weeks ago
ExaDB-XS now available in the following regions: PHX: US West (Phoenix), VCP: Brazil Southeast (Vinhedo), YUL: Canada Southeast (Montreal), MRS: France South (Marseille), AUH: UAE Central (Abu Dhabi), KIX: Japan Central (Osaka), YNY: South Korea North (Chuncheon).

4 months ago
The new Oracle Multicloud Capabilities application shows the current features of Oracle Database@Azure, Oracle Database@Google Cloud and Oracle Databse@AWS in easy-to-read and frequently updated tables. See region availability for each service, service feature and ecosystem capabilities, and compliance posture.

5 months ago
New Advisors in the DB Expert Tool Suite!
The Cloud Deployment Advisor compares service families and supported cloud environments without deep diving into service-specific details.

The BYOL Advisor shows which cloud services your Oracle licenses entitle you to in the cloud, including entitlement limits and service-specific requirements.

Find both new advisors on the home page.

5 months ago
Oracle Database@AWS: Exadata Database Service now in Limited Availability. Read the blog for details.

5 months ago
ADB-S for Developers provides low-cost instances for developers and others to build and test new Autonomous Database applications.

5 months ago
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Google Cloud Platform cross-cloud connection has expanded to the OCI Switzerland North (Zurich) and the paired Google Zurich (europe-west6) region, see Access to Google Cloud Platform for more information.

5 months ago
Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM) - Hybrid migration mode: ZDM introduces hybrid, cross-platform Transportable Tablespace (XTTS) database migration support for cross-platform and cross-version migration using RMAN transportable tablespaces and Datapump metadata import/export.

7 months ago
Exascale - new regions: now available in London, Zurich, Bogota, Tokyo, Seoul and Toronto.

7 months ago
The Oracle Database Migration Methods Advisor now includes Oracle Database@GCP target services (ADB-S and ExaDB-D)

7 months ago

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All Oracle Database Services: GoldenGate for MongoDB Migrations 23ai now available. Seamlessly migrate MongoDB databases from version 6.0 onwards to Oracle Autonomous JSON Database 23ai as well as Oracle JSON Collection tables in Oracle Autonomous Database 23ai or non-autonomous databases in the cloud or on-premises. Oracle provides a MongoDB API, so you will be able to use client applications, open-source tools and drivers the same way you did before.

3 days ago
ADB-D, ADB-C@C: Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure provides a new metric called SessionUtilization to show the maximum session utilization as a percentage value, aggregated across all consumer groups.

10 days ago
MySQL HeatWave: support for MySQL database 9.3.1. This is the latest Innovation release. It provides security and bug fixes in addition to feature enhancements. You can select version 9.3.1 when creating a new DB system. For existing DB systems, you must manually upgrade them to newer version, such as from version 9.3.0 to 9.3.1.

11 days ago
ADB-S: MAA certified Gold for cross-region standbys.

11 days ago
MySQL HeatWave: MySQL REST service supported starting from version 9.3.1.. You must enable REST on the DB system and create the required REST services and database objects in order to access the data through REST endpoints.

11 days ago
ExaDB-C@C: Backup and restore from a standby database for Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer. Previously, customers could configure backups only on a primary database with Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance (ZDLRA), OCI Object Storage, or Network File System (NFS) as the backup destination using cloud automation. However, customers can now configure backups on a standby database in addition to the primary database for these backup destination types via OCI Console/API/SDK and Terraform.

2 weeks ago
ADB-S: Data Transforms is updated with new features and changes in the following areas:
Run Data Studio Data Load using Data Transforms workflows
Vector Embeddings in Data Flows
Use Machine Learning (ML) models in Data Flows
Set Custom Variable Value at Runtime
Show Queued/Waiting Jobs
3 weeks ago
MySQL HeatWave: Single-AD HeatWave cluster optimization when changing the primary instance of a high availability DB system

3 weeks ago
ADB-S: You can use in-database transformers (also known as embedding models) that you imported into your Oracle Database 23ai instance with Select AI RAG to generate vector embeddings for document chunks and user prompts.

4 weeks ago
ABD-S: new features for Select AI:
automatically detect relevant tables and send metadata only for those specific tables, relevant to the query, in Oracle Database 23ai. You can achieve this by specifying object_list_mode as automated.
restrict table access by considering only the tables listed in the AI profile attributes for SQL generation. You can achieve this by specifying enforce_object_list to true.
specify case sensitivity such that the LLM produces case-insensitive responses from the database and LLM. You can achieve this by specifying case_sensitive_values to false.
Administrators can control data access such that actual schema tables are not sent to the LLM using Select AI.
4 weeks ago
ADB-S: Data Studio enhancements:
connect multiple catalogs to make it easier to find and work with your data, including popular Iceberg Data Catalogs like Unity and Polaris. You can also link to remote Autonomous Database instances using Database Links, allowing you to query tables from those databases directly within your catalog
The Oracle Autonomous Database for Excel Add-in can now be installed from the Microsoft Store.
The Table AI Assist tool includes the ability to edit recipes, has auto-save of recipes, UX improvements such as showing new column header in italics.
Live Feed Reporting Enhancements
5 weeks ago
MySQL HeatWave: The default value of AutomaticBackupRetention is changed from DELETE to RETAIN

5 weeks ago
ADB-S: The Recovery Time Object (RTO) for cross-region Autonomous Data Guard Standby databases is lowered to less than ten (10) minutes.

6 weeks ago
ADB-S: The LongPendingTransaction event is generated when a transaction is open for longer than 24 hours.

6 weeks ago
ExaDB-XS: You can now enable and use Database Management for Oracle Databases running on Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure (ExaDB-XS).

7 weeks ago

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DBExpert Toolsuite Changes

Exadata Database Service for Developers allows customers using Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer to develop for no addition cost, as the license fee is waived and the infrastructure costs are already covered under their subscription.

OCI Compute shapes now include VM.Standard.E6.Flex for BYOL deployments of Oracle Database. The E6 shape scales up to 126 OCPUs and 1454 GB of memory.

Autonomous Database on Dedicated Infrastructure for AWS now in Limited Availability (LA)

Siebel CRM supported with Oracle Database 23ai (including Oracle Autonomous Database)

ATP-D and ATP-C@C now supported with Oracle Enterprise Performance Management 11.2.21 and higher

Siebel Enterprise Server 25.2 and above supported with Oracle Database 23ai. See My Oracle Support Certifications for Siebel Enterprise Server. In the results, select a Database version to drill down to release notes for version requirements and any limitations.

ExaDB-XS now available in the following regions: PHX: US West (Phoenix), VCP: Brazil Southeast (Vinhedo), YUL: Canada Southeast (Montreal), MRS: France South (Marseille), AUH: UAE Central (Abu Dhabi), KIX: Japan Central (Osaka), YNY: South Korea North (Chuncheon).

Oracle Database@AWS: Exadata Database Service now in Limited Availability. Read the blog for details.

ADB-S for Developers provides low-cost instances for developers and others to build and test new Autonomous Database applications.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Google Cloud Platform cross-cloud connection has expanded to the OCI Switzerland North (Zurich) and the paired Google Zurich (europe-west6) region, see Access to Google Cloud Platform for more information.

Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM) - Hybrid migration mode: ZDM introduces hybrid, cross-platform Transportable Tablespace (XTTS) database migration support for cross-platform and cross-version migration using RMAN transportable tablespaces and Datapump metadata import/export.

Exascale - new regions: now available in London, Zurich, Bogota, Tokyo, Seoul and Toronto.

The Oracle Database Migration Methods Advisor now includes Oracle Database@GCP target services (ADB-S and ExaDB-D)

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ADB-D, ADB-C@C: Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure provides a new metric called SessionUtilization to show the maximum session utilization as a percentage value, aggregated across all consumer groups.

ADB-S: MAA certified Gold for cross-region standbys.

MySQL HeatWave: MySQL REST service supported starting from version 9.3.1.. You must enable REST on the DB system and create the required REST services and database objects in order to access the data through REST endpoints.

ADB-S: Data Transforms is updated with new features and changes in the following areas:Run Data Studio Data Load using Data Transforms workflowsVector Embeddings in Data FlowsUse Machine Learning (ML) models in Data FlowsSet Custom Variable Value at RuntimeShow Queued/Waiting Jobs

MySQL HeatWave: Single-AD HeatWave cluster optimization when changing the primary instance of a high availability DB system

ADB-S: You can use in-database transformers (also known as embedding models) that you imported into your Oracle Database 23ai instance with Select AI RAG to generate vector embeddings for document chunks and user prompts.

MySQL HeatWave: The default value of AutomaticBackupRetention is changed from DELETE to RETAIN

ADB-S: The Recovery Time Object (RTO) for cross-region Autonomous Data Guard Standby databases is lowered to less than ten (10) minutes.

ADB-S: The LongPendingTransaction event is generated when a transaction is open for longer than 24 hours.

ExaDB-XS: You can now enable and use Database Management for Oracle Databases running on Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure (ExaDB-XS).

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Autonomous Database Serverless - What's New

Autonomous Database Dedicated - What's New

Oracle Autonomous Database Tools and Applications—Certifications, Compatibility, and Compliance

ADB-D Feature Parity Between Oracle Cloud and Exadata Cloud@Customer Deployments

Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer - What's New

Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Cloud

ADB, BaseDB, ExaDB-D, ExaDB-XS, ExaC@C Release Notes

ADB-D Globally Distributed Release Notes

MySQL HeatWave Release Notes

NoSQL Database Cloud Release Notes

Compute Release Notes

OCI Release Notes

ADB-S: Data Transforms is updated with new features and changes in the following areas:
Run Data Studio Data Load using Data Transforms workflows
Vector Embeddings in Data Flows
Use Machine Learning (ML) models in Data Flows
Set Custom Variable Value at Runtime
Show Queued/Waiting Jobs